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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 3, 2019, 5:42 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Sep 3, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 3, 2019, 5:42 AM EDT (09:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 3, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Charlotte County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 43 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
100 WHUS42 KTBW 030942 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 542 AM EDT Tue Sep 3 2019 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-032000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0017.190903T1600Z-190905T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 542 AM EDT Tue Sep 3 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Ruskin has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from noon EDT today through Wednesday evening. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing onshore winds will create rip currents this afternoon and continuing through Wednesday evening. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...life threatening Rip Currents are possible. Always swim near a lifeguard, and never swim alone! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins... jetties and piers. For maximum safety...swim near a lifeguard. Pay attention to flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...yell for help. Remain calm...do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current...swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
3 follow-up statements
661 WHUS42 KTBW 040713 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 313 AM EDT Wed Sep 4 2019 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-050100- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-190906T0100Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 313 AM EDT Wed Sep 4 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing onshore winds will create rip currents along area beaches today through Thursday evening. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Life threatening Rip Currents are possible. Always swim near a lifeguard, and never swim alone! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins... jetties and piers. For maximum safety...swim near a lifeguard. Pay attention to flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...yell for help. Remain calm...do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current...swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
845 WHUS42 KTBW 050754 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 354 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2019 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-060100- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-190906T1600Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 354 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Moderate onshore winds will continue to create rip currents along area beaches today through Friday morning. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Life threatening Rip Currents are possible. Always swim near a lifeguard, and never swim alone! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins... jetties and piers. For maximum safety...swim near a lifeguard. Pay attention to flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...yell for help. Remain calm...do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current...swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
400 WHUS42 KTBW 061206 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 806 AM EDT Fri Sep 6 2019 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-070000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-190907T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 806 AM EDT Fri Sep 6 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Moderate onshore winds will continue to create rip currents along area beaches today. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Life threatening Rip Currents are possible. Always swim near a lifeguard, and never swim alone! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins... jetties and piers. For maximum safety...swim near a lifeguard. Pay attention to flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...yell for help. Remain calm...do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current...swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 9:50 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Pasco | 47 hr |
| Sep 2, 9:50 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hardee | 4 days |
| Sep 3, 5:29 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 54 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.